Pop Singer Fumbles Super Bowl National Anthem
- Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:48pm by
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“I have been performing the [national] anthem since I was seven years old and I must say the Super Bowl is a dream come true,” Christina Aguilera gushed after it was announced she would perform before the year’s biggest sporting event.
But the pop singer’s performance Sunday evening left much to the imagination… namely the many words she rearranged and left out:
h/t Business Insider
About 50 seconds into her performance, Aguilera was about to sing the song’s fourth line, “O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming”, when she accidentally mixed the verse with the song’s second line: “What so proudly we watched, at the twilight’s last streaming.”
In the end, it probably wasn’t a good way for the Steelers to start off the game, with Aguilera herself having grown up in a town just outside of Pittsburgh.
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Comments (548)
mrpips
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:14pmDid anyone expect her to do a good job?
Report Post »football lady
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:45pmnot really
Report Post »spirited
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:34pmActually, Christina has an amazing voice –and is quite versatile.
This time however, she was beyond disappointing.
Although the mind can go ‘blank’ when performing (no matter how ‘professional’ one is),
singing the National Anthem of one‘s Country is not about one’s style;
>It is not one’s concert.
Report Post »TunaBlue
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:56pmThis young woman has an amazing vocal range and superb vocal clarity and control. I have watched her sing our Anthem many times, and I always come away amazed. Unfortunately, she did not give her usual good performance today. I don’t mind some minor interpretation of the melody, but she was a little too free. It’s a shame. As of late, I think she has pushed the boundaries of good taste, and lost some of her previous appeal to some of her audience.
Report Post »TYTARMY1
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:14pmI would love to see all you haters get out there and sing it perfectly
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:20pmCan YOU meet the standard you try setting for us?
Show us how wonderful YOU are!
Report Post »zoo9guy
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:42pmI couldn’t sing it, but I know thousands of football fans that will be bitch’n about how their team should have done this or that and they would have won…..and I guarantee you won’t see one of them on a Pro field. We all can see when there is talent and when something is screwed up…..She screwed up big time.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:31pmThis young woman has done more in her life then all the people on the Blaze combined, including myself.
Report Post »wrs840
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:56pmShe let her quest for over-Mariah-Carey’d “style” (about as kind as I can say it) overtake the performance to the point of making her forget the words.
Just singing the song would have been nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCVS57j284
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:57pmAKMIIKEUS I bet I have done a few things see could only imagine.She doesn’t have the market on life.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:01pm@AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:31pm
This young woman has done more in her life then all the people on the Blaze combined, including myself.
_____
Speak for yourself, lllllllllliberal.
Don’t you dare speak for me or anyone else here. I have no doubts the singer has done more than YOU, as YOU admitted (probably the first truth you ever spoke).
Get over yourself, lllliberal!
YOU are not the end-all and be-all, no matter what YOU say or think. Get a clue…
Report Post »wrs840
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:18pmInteresting how folks like AKMIIKEUS think being a pop singer is the pinnacle of existence. Yo, I have a secret to help temper your jealousy: they’re just “carnies” with better hair and more teeth.
Report Post »football lady
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:23pmHow old are you, 12?
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:43pmI would love to see all you haters get out there and sing it perfectly
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We weren’t hired to do so. But when you are hired to sing THE NATIONAL ANTHEM on the biggest television stage in the world, you better get it right.
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This young woman has done more in her life then all the people on the Blaze combined, including myself.
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Like what exactly? Sang in front of thousands of people? Made some MTV videos?
Wow… that’s a life full of aspiring content right there!!!
______________________________________________________
Tea Baggers are nothing but Trailer Park Trash.
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You obviously have no clue as to what you’re talking about.
Tea “partyers” are people from all types of backgrounds and the common thread has nothing to do with the kind of house they live in. Your comment shows how narrow minded you are.
komponist-ZAH
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 4:08amLooking over the comments from Akmiike and Killa, I have to ask: And we’re the “haters”?
Report Post »setusfree2012
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:14pmFirst thing I thought was “did the Obamas even notice the screw-up”? Not likely.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:20pmI was wondering what the conversation between him and Jennifer Lopez was on that one myself.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:14pmapatriotfirst….
Report Post »Yes, ditto, she ruined it. Period! No further discussion needed.
WhiteTeaParty
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:20amGlad to hear that Obama is on your mind all the time. He should be, he’s your President.
Report Post »p51d007
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:14pmGee, kind of proves this is a “studio only” performer. Betcha someone like a Kate Smith, Bing Crosby et al, wouldn’t screw up the National Anthem.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:13pmYeah, well, Bristol Palin shouldn’t have reached the finals on Dancing With the Stars.
Regards,
The Left
total /sarc
Report Post »sasoldier4god
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:12pmWow you guys are really cold. I mean when was the last time she preformed? Maybe she just got nervous, it happens. But then again I am sure none of you have ever made a mistake right?
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:17pmIf she was inadequate to the task, for whatever reason, she should have bowed out.
Your tender feelings feel better now?
Whelp….
barbaraw62
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:27pmMillions watching and she couldn’t even get the words correct… NO EXCUSE FOR THAT!
Report Post »Raptor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:28pmShe is a PAID PROFESSIONAL SINGER! It’s her JOB TO SING THE SONG CORRECTLY! And besides, if she was really that nervous, she could have asked for a teleprompter. I’m sure Our President has one she could borrow.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:20pmStill no excuse!
Report Post »dat bee
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:16amHer horrible, disrespectful, disgusting, performance was not at all acceptable. The excuse of “Nervousness” does hold water for a professional performer. It was truly disappointing for those of us who look forward to our National Anthem sung with beauty and respect. There are many other performers who would have done us all justice.
Report Post »ErinLindsey
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:12pmWell, that sucked.
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:15pmI love it, I just read some of your posts and everyone on the Right is pissed.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:35pmPissed?
Report Post »About what?
Oh, you eman that GW got a thunderous applause when he was shown on the big screen?
wordweaver
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:08pmForgetting the lyrics aside, it strikes that pop singers are pretty good at hiding their lack of singing talent and inability to hold a note by improv-ing the tune and “yee-owing” all over the place. Any one of the military singers backing her up could have done better.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:04pmI emailed the NFL commissioners office and told him what a disgrace I thought that was and that they need to start having real patriots sing and not drugged out of their minds pop stars. I had a few more things to say but that was my main point.
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:07pm@Missionary
You are so stupid. Did someone make you the Patriot Czar of this country?
I don’t think any of us got that memo. I’m sure the Goodell will contact you first thing tomorrow.
Christina A is more Patriotic then you or your children combined could ever hope to be.
Another Sarah Palin follower thinking they know rule the country. Never gonna happen.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:44pm@ Missionary
Report Post »Apparently you hit a nerve with AK.
Not only does he claim to know you and your children, but has repeatedly peered into people’s hearts in these comments.
He may well be the first clairvoyant troll I have ever had the pleasure of routinely putting down.
I suspect (but don’t claim to know his soul), that he may also be a closet Cyndi Lauper fan. Although, I suppose there could be worse…(Fergi maybe?)
JJ Coolay
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:33pmHappy….thanks for the laugh!
AK…. you are totally obsessed with Sarah Palin, huh?
Report Post »randy
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:08pmYou want goose bumps?
Report Post »Listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9_bP219ehQ
zoo9guy
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:35pmAmen! Lewis sang it using every fiber of his soul and believed every word! That over bleached ex-mousecateer didn’t even know that she got the words wrong when she was singing. Just another opportunity for her to self promote, shameful, just shameful what she did to that most sacred song.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:08pmOver the ramparts we watched totally skipped what a loser. This is the kind of thing that really gets my blood boiling. Thousands upon thousands have given their lives for this country and she cannot even get the words right, and I almost guarantee she wasn’t just doing it as a public service
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:39pmlighten up.
its just a song.
Nervousness and over-stylation most likely caused the flub.
C’mon, folks! Have a heart.
She didn‘t piss on George Washington’s grave or burn the Constitution.
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 6:18pmNo it’s not just a song, and the US flag is not just a piece of cloth either.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:05pmJust another pop singer who probably needs to be reminded how to sign her own signature when she pays her bills.
Watch how many liberals come to this thread with their first words being, “Well, Sarah Palin….”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:28pmBill O’Reilly interview w/ Obama @ 7:30 p.m. on Fox News Feb. 6.
Report Post »tersky
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:05pmWhen singers perform our anthem like that, it always seems to me more like they are showing off, glorifying themselves rather than rejoicing in our republic. HATE IT, even if it hadn’t been destroyed by errors. And… all those runs, just make the pain last longer.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:20pmI agree with you. Anybody can make an occasional mistake, its a given. But When you sing like that……our national anthem….you already look like a fool. I flipped the channel. I have NO tolerance for the stylistic execution of the national anthem. FAIL
Report Post »crib225
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:04pmI wondered how many people noticed the crowd erupt when W was shown.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:06pmBarry was looking for the mute button! Michelle was stuffing her face!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:55pmChristina was practicing in the port-a-let!
Report Post »crib225
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:02pmWhat a twit…
Report Post »Raptor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:02pmThe only thing missing from this act was the STUPID WOMAN falling into the fountain in the middle of the mall! She should be ashamed of herself and publicly apologize!
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:09pmWhy don’t you go to church and pray for a Christian heart.
Report Post »Bluenose177
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:01pmon the positive side, I‘d love to hear what Barry the Marxist and his guests’ reactions were when Dubya appeared on screen to rapturous applause and cheers from the crowd.
BTW THIS IS HOW YOU SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvokMUIdn88&feature=player_embedded
Report Post »Ella
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:50pmMuch better. Actually I think it’s a song that a male voice or voices like these are more suitable for..Also knowing the wowrds is rather important.
Report Post »Lynne Joy
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:55pmThanks! I needed that!
Report Post »tersky
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:01pmWhen they sing it like that, even without the errors, they always seem more like they are glorifying themselves rather than singing praises to our nation. And the players all look like they can’t wait for it to be over.
Report Post »Ella
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:46pmI agree with you. I couldn’t bear to listen to her belting out the Pledge that I believe should be sung with an entirely different voice and attitude. She was awful. I listened for 10 seconds and had to turn off the sound.
Report Post »Robert D
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:00pmSounds like crap even without the screwup.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:58pmLook up Jackie Evancho and be prepared to be blown away
Report Post »facebookdiva5769
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:57pmUm…awful? Even without the horribly tortured lyrics, can we no longer sing a song as it was originally written? Is the melody line so awful that it can no longer be sung? This was absolutely awful…
Report Post »randy
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:04pmMade me sick to listen to it. Why can’t they sing the song as it was meant to be sung.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:26pmI had the feeling she was working so hard on trying to sound like a “black” singer adding all the extra notes, that she forgot the words because it took her to long to get back to what the original note should have been.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:55pmFantastic voice, but she lacks even a modest amount of brain power.
Report Post »http://guerillatics.com
UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:53pm@AKMIIKEUS
But YOU always are, no matter the topic.
Report Post »mcpbob
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:55pmwords mean nothing to progressives
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:03pmNice post! :)
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:55pmShould have got Jacki Evancho to sing.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:00pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiM9QVdJyVQ
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:01pmThat would have been sooooooooo yummy
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:03pmAMEN and Jackie is from Pittsburgh
Report Post »Go away you moonbatty Christina (who IS she?)
WhiteTeaParty
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:18amLol, I love how everyone’s so p!ssy over a damn song being sung at a football game. Oh, our country’s so insulted! How horrible.
Report Post »Glad to hear that so many of you are losing sleep over this.
Ranubis
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:50amJackie is a little angle.
Report Post »Ranubis
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:01amJackie sings The National Athem at The Winter Classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EVHX5oPApU&feature=related
Report Post »BacktotheFounders
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:32amYou are right Old White Guy and APatriotFirst.
This song is meant to show the greatness of our country. Performing it in jazz or pop style reduces it to some sort of sexy, club music. I was appalled that what it supposed to represent, a remembrance of a time when our country was almost lost to us, could be reduced to frivolousness.
Please, Mr. Goodell, try to find somebody who knows what he/she is doing before next year. This was clownish and nauseating.
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:52pmYes, she ruined that song.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:55pmand they tell me she sings for a living
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:56pmnamely the many words she rearranged and left out:
Report Post »————
Speaking of which …
did anyone see the pregame piece with with Colon Bowel ?
CatB
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:58pmI changed the channel in disgust .. they couldn’t find anyone who knew the words and the tune?
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:04pmNice! This blonde bimbo cant even get 8 lines of song right in front of the entire country/ world!
Makes sense in this backwards day screw songs up and make big bucks…..
Someone outta email her the lyrics:
“O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave”
http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:07pmBack in the 1970s, some woman sang The National Anthem (she was drunk) at some bit event, and I THINK it was the same song when she finished that she had started out singing. It was a real, honest-to-God disaster. She was plastered and couldn’t even remember the words. Ended it with “dah-dah-dahs” instead of words. The audience sang it in her place.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:14pmI won’t say she ruined it – just got it wrong – I wish I had a job where I could get paid and still get it wrong.
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JESUS-IS-LORD
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:16pmShe is brainwashed by the Illuminati, what do you expect?
hey ohms
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:19pmWOW thats a pale one there. wasnt she the girl on Married with Children? oh well its only a matter of time before we have to sing a muslim song. maybe rachel maddcow can sing it next time. not lol.
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:21pmFail!
Report Post »Kaen
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:23pmWorst Superbowl performance EVER…
http://explodingpuppy.blogspot.com
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:26pmThat sure wasn’t easy on the ears….huh? Not to mention the lost verses….think she even realized when she was done????
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:32pm@walkwithme1966 “I wish I had a job where I could get paid and still get it wrong.”
Report Post »You can…just become a liberal journalist!!! LOL
FFPanama
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:33pmThe way it should be sung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCVS57j284
Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:37pmObama liked it….on his 57 state tour
Report Post »what4
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:52pmI propose that only members of the military ever be allowed to sing the anthem at sports venues! Thes so called singers always butcher it!
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:05pmHere is the NFL commissioners email address if you care to tell him your thoughts: Roger.Goodell2@nfl.net
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:07pmWhere is Roseann Barr when you need her?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:08pmwhat surprises me is that they actually sing the star spangled banner at the superbowl…matter of time I guess…first they got to butcher it…apparently…
Report Post »icareabouttheusa
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:09pmThey can’t find someone who can sing and know the words?????????????
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:12pmWhat a shame she messed up our National Anthem, oh well, the Black Eyed Peas are coming on now, I‘m sure they won’t forget the words to their songs.
Report Post »Poor Richard
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:12pmFor many years now, I wish I could see a sports game open with the National Anthem sung the way it was written, on key, and without the gutteral intreludes.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:14pmWatching the Black Eyed Peas during half-time, please lord, make it stop. This is worse than waterboarding. Bring back Aguilara, she at least can sing.
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:19pmWhat I want to know is why these overpaid athletes don’t put their hand over their heart when they hear this song. Is America too good for them? Fewer than half of the athletes — including coaches — could be seen to show the song the respect that it deserves.
Forget Aguilera’s rendition — what did we expect? The athletes, though…that’s another matter. They are paid a hefty sum to represent their cities in a sport seen around the world.
SHOW SOME RESPECT, you idiots!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:20pmAkmillkeus…not too “professsional” today though huh?…no hate here…just telling like it is…she messed up on the star spangled banner…that matters to alot of Americans…
Report Post »asybot12
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:24pmto amii what ever, the money she gives to charity in her world is called a tax write off. Do you really think she knows where her money goes? She cannot even remember the national anthem a few years from now (if not already) she will be a wash out a has been. And that’s because all the liberal thinking. You know drugs, sex and rock and roll. She is a goner for sure after this!
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:24pmUpdate; The Black Eyed Peas just put on a great, and positive performance. They must have rehearsed seriously, to bad Aguilera didn’t.
Report Post »givemelibertyorgivemedeath
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:25pmI RESENT any celebrity singing the Star Spangled Banner because I always sense it is for their OWN glory and NOT for those who have sacrificed both great and small for this great country.
When you try to sing like you have a small animal trying to free itself from your throat — then it becomes about you and not the somber-ness of what those words mean. IMO
Report Post »AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:27pm@GodLove
Must be nice to be perfect and to live in your perfect world.
How does it feel to have never made a mistake?
Please enlighten me.
338lapua
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:28pm@akmiikeus, So What….. I realize that you on the left care little for what happens, only that someone was supposedly trying. But even if she had pulled her version off perfectly…..it was at best disrespectful. And I do not care what your further thoughts on the matter are. Now, Black Eyed Peas, I absolutely hate them. However they did a (relatively) flawless show in comparison to C.A. and I would not call anything they did disrespectful. I do not give her a pass for being a “good person”. Nor should you.
Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:28pm@AKMIIKEUS…typical idiotic response. Liberals can’t stand the truth. So all they do is make excuses and call names. I can‘t help but notice you didn’t say any of us was wrong either.
Oh and BTW…I bet we know the words to the national anthem. But your response is typical of a Democrat…you don’t care if people pay homage to a nation that gave them everything. As long as they hug trees, and kiss kittens.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:29pmWell the progressive socialist Marxist teachers, don’t allow it in school or the Pledge.. Kids now days probably don’t know it….That‘s all part of the ’change‘ and ’transformation’…’historic, and iconic’, ‘new CORE principles’…yada, yada, yada…Time to squelch the ‘radical revolution’…
Report Post »Intellectual Honesty
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:32pmNo excuse for getting the anthem wrong, disgusting.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:34pmI don’t mind the Black Eyed Peas, I do like some of their songs, but when they sing out of key, drives me nuts. I guess that is why I really don’t like live performances too much.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:44pmas I said NO HATE HERE….never said I was perfect either…you should be used to people picking on you comments though….
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:49pm@AKMIIKEUS
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 8:11pm
“You ignorant idiots on the Right have nothing but hate in your hearts…”
____________
And YOU, being all kinds of adorable and stuff, aren’t showing ignorance and hate according to YOUR sanctimony as YOU wrote?
Report Post »minnierv
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:03pmAnd even if she had gotten the words right, her performance pretty much sucked. And OMG, the halftime entertainment was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »blazer809
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:05pmWow, and the half time show was ridiculous
Report Post »Dale
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:07pmhey ohms;
No, wrong Christina (Applegate played on MWC). However, it appears that this Christina should have spent more time on the words than the vocal gymnastics.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:17pmMINNIERV, thought it was a great half time show, but I like all kinds of music. Just saw Tool recently. Best ever, almost, but you probably wouldn’t have liked that either.
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:25pmIt will now be known forever more as the STAR MANGLED BANNER……
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:35pm@GONESURFING
Report Post »Tool Rocks, Ozzy is god.
HappyStretchedThin
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:38pm@Judge AK
Report Post »“You ignorant idiots on the Right have nothing but hate in your hearts…”
When you say “God Bless” to others it makes me think you’re some kind of believer. When you accuse the Right of hate in the heart, it makes me wonder why the message of whatever faith you profess has gone so far over your head. Isn’t it more than a little blasphemous, in any mono-theistic religion, to claim to know the heart of another? That‘s God’s job. As is judgment.
For the rest, I, as a Righty, am happy to give Xtina full credit for everything good she does.
And still call her out for using her amazing talents to promote evil (promiscuity, notably), and to occasionally do something stupid, like dishonor her country in front of an insanely massive audience.
@ Intellectual Honesty. I knew sooner or later we’d have something we could agree on.
GONESURFING
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:43pmDARMOK, am glad that was god with a small g. Rock on.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:49pmIs it me: Just once can someone just sing the song as written.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:06pmTurn out the lights the parties over, Green Bay Wins.
Report Post »AZpatriotmama
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:11pmSorry, guys, but I have to disagree this time. First of all, I tear up with pride any time ANYONE sings that song – perfect lyrics or not. Secondly, she was singing in front of hundreds of millions of people…LIVE! And third, I think she has one of the best female voices around.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:14pmI was so pleased when I found out (moments before she sang) that she would be singing our National Anthem. I put on my Marine Boonie-hat and stood at attention and saluted. Then I did something I have never done before. I lost my composure and let my jaw drop while saluting. I was so embarrassed fot myself, and for Miss Aguilera.
What a disgraceful thing for a “professional” singer to do.
Totally ruined the whole Super Bowl experience for me.
Thanks a lot.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:16pmwalkwithme1966
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:14pm
I won’t say she ruined it – just got it wrong – I wish I had a job where I could get paid and still get it wrong.
Join a union. ANY union.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:18pmThey should have hired THIS guy. You want an Honest-to-God sininging? Listen to this Korean war Marine Vet sing the other verse to the National Anthem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0fQd858cRc
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:21pm@GONESURFING
Report Post »Of couse small g, I am not blasphemus. Besides he is the prince of Darkness, a lesser god. Best week I ever had is seeing Ozzy on the “No More Tears Tour” and 5 days later seeing Black Sabeth with Ronnie James Dio. My wife had surprised me with the tickets, the day after I had gotten back from a TDY to Guam. My wife rocks.
drbage
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:22pmWhen will they get a patriotic American to sing the anthem the way Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics and the music? And then we have the so-called halftime show, was this supposed to be entertainment or part II of the kickoff of Obama 2012? The best part of this afternoon was O’Reilly v Obama. I guess besides supporting the O, the other point of this extravaganza seems to have been to see how many commercials could feature men getting kicked in the nuts!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:22pmFFPanama
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:33pm
The way it should be sung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCVS57j284
Oh. My. God. That is the BEST performance of The Star Spangled Banner EVER! I am weeping and laughing at the same time! THANK YOU for that post!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:28pmGONESURFING
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 9:17pm
MINNIERV, thought it was a great half time show, but I like all kinds of music. Just saw Tool recently. Best ever, almost, but you probably wouldn’t have liked that either.
Tool is my favorite band of all time, right beside Pink Floyd.
Report Post »How many of you are surprised by that?
Lol.
My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:33pmDarmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:21pm
@GONESURFING
Of couse small g, I am not blasphemus. Besides he is the prince of Darkness, a lesser god. Best week I ever had is seeing Ozzy on the “No More Tears Tour” and 5 days later seeing Black Sabeth with Ronnie James Dio. My wife had surprised me with the tickets, the day after I had gotten back from a TDY to Guam. My wife rocks.
My very first concert ever, when i was 17, was Ozzie and Anthrax in the Omni in Atlanta, back in …’87? I believe…36 rows from the stage! I was left unable to talk for about a week.
Report Post »Sagacious
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:38pmwell she not only messed up the words but she screamed it off key and out of tune!! OMG could they not find someone who can carry a tune and get it right!!
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:42pmHere is a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner that really brought tears to my eyes, and I am ashamed to admit that is a hard to do with me. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NgA-tPk_hU&feature=related
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:43pmI’m glad she messed it up. Life will and does go on.
This only upsets the Tea Baggers and the Bible thumpers on the Right.
The Sun will still rise tomorrow.
All is good in America.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:44pmThe best rendition of the National Anthem was sung by Whitney Houston many many moons ago….now that gal could genuinely sing. She brought the house down that day. Christina Bow Wow is no singer…Were it not for her sexual theme MTV videos and all the synthesizers they use she wouldn’t have a snowballs chance in hades of becoming a singer. More form over substance……How about using someone with genuine talent for a change….No wait….there is no such thing in hollywood…Sorry…”Its only make-believe.”
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:45pmWell, at LEAST the reading of the Declaration of Independence made me swell with pride…
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:47pmdrbage
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:22pm
When will they get a patriotic American to sing the anthem the way Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics and the music? And then we have the so-called halftime show, was this supposed to be entertainment or part II of the kickoff of Obama 2012? The best part of this afternoon was O’Reilly v Obama. I guess besides supporting the O, the other point of this extravaganza seems to have been to see how many commercials could feature men getting kicked in the nuts!
LMAO! yeah, I noticed that too! I wonder…..how many stories next week will feature elementary school girls (….and boys for that matter) being suspended for that activity?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:49pm@My Sacred Honor
Report Post »One of the best concerts I went to, Fastway, Saxxon, Iron Maiden, at McNichols Arena, Denver, 1984. A few months before I went to basic training. I couldn’t hear for 2 days.
My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:50pmCobra Blue
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:44pm
The best rendition of the National Anthem was sung by Whitney Houston many many moons ago
I agree entirely. Whitney TOTTALLY blew the doors off THAT rendition! Never again to be equalled….except look at that last post…I’ll repost here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKCVS57j284
I didn’t originally post this, but I am so happy now that I know it exists.
Report Post »Stunning doesn’t even cover it.
AzDebi
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:51pmPathetic! NOW there’s a real role model for ya! Hey, why don’t you just go on a “World Tour” and forget about singing for us…we don’t mind!
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:54pm@ Cobra Blue, I remember that well it was the super bowl that was at Tampa Stadium 1991 and our troops were engaged in Operation Desert Shield and that was a wonderful rendition. I believe it was the Buffalo Bills and The New York Giants and I believe that is the one where the field goal Kicker for the Bills missed that kick causing them to lose the first of 4 straight Super Bowls.
Report Post »FoundersRedPill
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:15pmLeslie Neilson singing the star spangled banner was just as good.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:16pmmissionarydad
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 10:54pm
@ Cobra Blue, I remember that well it was the super bowl that was at Tampa Stadium 1991 and our troops were engaged in Operation Desert Shield and that was a wonderful rendition. I believe it was the Buffalo Bills and The New York Giants and I believe that is the one where the field goal Kicker for the Bills missed that kick causing them to lose the first of 4 straight Super Bowls.
I said today in my house that i believe God is a football fan, and cited that Super Bowl. We were in a time of war, and BOTH teams playing were colored in red white and blue.
Report Post »AND we had the best Super Bowl singing of the National Anthem ever, ever!
My Sacred Honor
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:28pmwhat4
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 7:52pm
I propose that only members of the military ever be allowed to sing the anthem at sports venues! Thes so called singers always butcher it!
I disagree. You get Tim McGraw or Alan Jackson to sing it and America will be proud!
Report Post »patriot308
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:31pmSo….. Rosanne lost a bunch of weight and put on a frizzy blonde wig………… Oh…. that’s not rosanne? Are you sure??????
Report Post »Crewbot
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 11:52pmShe looks like a Munster’s hand-me-down.
Not to demean the Munsters, they were very pro-American!
Report Post »IM_UR_HUCKLEBERRY
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:32amI don‘t understand why a singer can’t just sing the song, rather than try to “PERFORM” .
Report Post »Ever since Whitney Houston got “RAVE” reviews on her rendition, EVERYONE has tried ONE UP everyone else.
I have one word for the young lady at tonight’s SuperBowl…. TWIT.
Ranubis
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:47amFor those of you who were as discussed as I was with the way that Christiana Angular sang the “Star Spangled Banner” please enjoy this video. It’s the way it should be sung, and to this day it stills brings a tear to my eye. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE&feature=related
Report Post »Mas Matador
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:15amShe has tremendous talent but she doesn’t use it right. She is probably one of the very few that can actual sing all the high notes.
Why she had to do it her way (which sucked) is beyond me.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 5:32amWhitney Houston singing the Natioanl Anthem at eh 1991 Super Bowl…The way it should be done. This gal sure could sing. Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHmdu_I_0zI
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 5:44amNot only did she botch it but what a horrid voice! They could have gotten one of the current contestants for American Idol and they would have done a better job. Drunk? Drugs? Please tell me she has an excuse, not that it matters when you are singing OUR National Anthem and botch it. Lea Michele was wonderful as was the Declaration of Independence, both good for pre-game tears.
Report Post »old white guy
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 6:41ami don’t know why pop stars are chosen to sing the national anthem. they really don’t know how to sing and natioal anthems are meant to be sung as written, not stylized. there were probably 50,000 people in the stands who could have done a bettert job.
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 8:34amWhy do people feel they have to put their own spin on the national anthem. In my humble opinion (IMHO), the national anthem should be sung WITHOUT people “putting their own spin on it”!!! And, it helps to KNOW ALL OF THE VERSES!!! That was truly the most DISGUSTING rendition since Roseanne Barr, Arnold or whatever her last name is this week. IMHO, they should have like a choir or something similar to sing the national anthem, at least they wouldn’t BUTCHER it like Ms. Aguilera did!
Report Post »Caffeinated Texan
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:23amEven if she had not made any mistakes with the words of the song, that would be one of the worst performances of the National Anthem I have ever heard. The rythm changes, the note changes, the vocal gymnastics; that is our National Anthem, woman. You are supposed to sing it with reverence and respect, not like you are doing a cover of Louie, Louie, as sung by Whitney Houston.
It was Rosanne Barr bad, but for different reasons.
Report Post »Deane
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:06amThese performers, who rearrange the words, leave them out or ruin our national anthem when they add note, tones or anything other than the way it was written, should not have the honor of singing our sacred anthem. Either sing it with dignity the way it was suppose to be sung and heard or don’t participate. Every time I hear someone’s “interpretation” our national anthem I cringe.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 2:09pmSomeone needs to remind these divas that this is America anthem not hers and she should just sing it in it’s original composition. This disturbing trend needs to end there’s plenty of high notes without her making every word one.
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 7:09pmI didn’t especially like her rendition or the missing verse, but she has some pipes and that is the style of her singing prowess. I have heard more over the top performances at especially super bowls than traditional ones. I prefer traditional with the Star Spangled Banner. It is hard enough to sing as it is.
Report Post »Venom
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 12:14amThe sad part is that the lyrics were on a video board…..so she can’t read either
Report Post »brntout
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:48amoh come on,please don’t encourage her to sing it again!
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:50pmOops!
Report Post »dabbo
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:53amShe’s a talent no doubt….and I‘m not even saying she’s dim witted….. She just doesn’t know the National Anthem by heart like most people over 40 do.
She’s from another generation….a generation that was not as well schooled in national pride and honor…..we’ll see a lot more of this stuff in the coming years.
on a side note….I thought she used to be a pretty girl but she now looks like a cartoon character.
Report Post »slimkendall
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 9:58am“In America we need to get things straight / Obama, let’s get these kids educated / Create jobs so the country stays stimulated.”
Report Post »hochnessmonster
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:12am@SLIMKENDALL
Obama doesn’t create jobs. It’s businesses that create jobs. The Government can lower the taxes on those who have the ability to create jobs (people who own businesses) therefore allowing them more room to create jobs. The only jobs that the Government can “create” are temporary ones like Census Worker.
Report Post »chuck
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:17amDoh!
Report Post »slimkendall
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:25amSorry, that is a quote from the SB halftime performance of the Black Eyed Peas. Their words not mine.
Report Post »I agree with you, hochnessmonster.
Desert Dog
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:27amDisgraceful
Report Post »They misunderestimated me
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:29amThat was christina agulera? I thought it was enrico polatzo.
Report Post »IvalueFHC
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:36amSorry @ Dabbo, but this proves that she has absolutely no talent what so ever. She is a self absorbed hack. She is dim witted. There are 8 lines to the first verse of our National Anthem.
I’m 36 and I know it by heart. Wy wife is 32 and so does she. Don’t apologize for Christina. Put the accountability right where it belongs, on her shoulders. She had plenty of time to learn the words, and if she didn’t, it just goes to re-inforce the level of her arrogance/ignrance. Have you noticed that there hasn’t been an apology from her yet?
She’s a no class hack.
Report Post »SuperSparky
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:06amUmm, anyone who considers themselves a professional will study the song, get the lyrics right, and sing it flawlessly. She doesn’t need to be from any certain generation. She just needs to know how to read and memorize a performance before going on national television. She demonstrated incompetence, or was just so wasted she didn’t know where she was.
A five year old can memorize this song. They only need memorize the first verse. In fact, I have seen many kids on YouTube sing this song flawlessly. So much for the generation gap.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:07amA half read Declaration of Independence, followed by a butchered national anthem.
Fills ya‘ with that good old fashioned red white and blue spirit doesn’t it?
Report Post »wedgeii
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:09amIvalueFHC
I’d like to put you in front of MILLIONS of people and see how you do.
Dkidcat
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:14amIt’s not a sign of a lack of patriotism or a poor education. It could be a sign that she took the resposability lightly or she got overly nervous. I’m not a huge fan of the way she styled the song… a little too much showing off. Her focus shifted from delivering words to delivering impressive vocalism. I suspect, if she’d not been trying so hard to impress with the vocal gymnastics, she wouldn’t have gotten mixed up.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 11:55amdid”t that remind anyone of the commercial that was teaching the kids about drugs?You know the one with the hot pan and the egg?
Report Post »Freebird
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:18pmThey should have gotten Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs to sing the National Anthem.Did y’all see the episode where he sang it before a baseball game?
Report Post »BTW,did anybody notice the flag girls behind her hiding their faces and laughing at her?
DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 12:45pmWas it just me, or did anyone else KNOW that the Black Eyed Peas would make a reference to Obama? I told my lady, they’re gonna say something about Obama, he has to get into the Super Bowl somehow. She asked me why I thought that. I said simply, because the guy singing is black, he cant let this stage go without praising the worthless one. She actually rolled her eyes at me. Then, when it happened, she wouldnt even look at me. Sorry I was right, but it wasnt me, it was them!! They are so GD predictable. Am I a racist for knowing this would happen? Most likely.
Report Post »casseopea42
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:21pmDirectlyUnPCman
i knew he would because he recorded music for the Obama campaign. Not because he is black…he was just another person who got on the bandwagon.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:27pmIts sad that so many young adults don’t know American history. The story behind the writing of the Star Spangled Banner is yet another proof of American exceptionalism and divine providence. Christina needs to learn about the War of 1812 and the miracles that happened throughout this period. The biggest enemy towards American patriotism is the Federal Department of Education. If you want to blame someone for Christina’s complete lack of respect for the song…..look towards the Fed’s corrupt department of education. Time for it to go. Imagine all the money that could be saved if the responsibility of educating our youth is given back to the states.
Report Post »enofracs
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 1:51pmHow about next year they actually ask, Do you know the song?
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 2:08pmIf she did the singing for free, we need a refund…
Report Post »brupar
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 3:52pmDoesn’t “SOMEBODY” review these peoples voices before they invite them to ‘THE SUPER BOWL”??
Report Post »Can they not find “SOMEONE” that knows how to sing “OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM” before the entire world. She could not only sing our National Anthem, she just could not sing….“PERIOD”!!!
Ditto Head
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 3:52pmI like her voice, and some of her songs, and I’m willing to forgive the lyrical flub, but what I didn’t like was the vocal acrobatics of her performance. It would have been much better if she’d just sang the song traditionally, like the lady who sang “Oh Beautiful for Spacious Skies”. Now that was some singin’!
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 6:02pmOMG….!!
Report Post »That was some Bushism.
gracentruth
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 6:17pmDabbo,
Report Post »You are correct. Those of us who were educated in real American schools would never make that mistake because we learned the Star Spangled Banner. Some of us, as that former marine at the Tea Party rally, whose name I do not recall, even learned all the verses – in our church hymnals as well as in our schools.
IHaveHadEnough
Posted on February 7, 2011 at 10:20pmThis nitwit didn’t sing The National Anthem, she sang “The Battle Hymn of the Skanks”. Who in the world has so little class to show up at the superbowl looking like a cheep ****** attending the funeral for her favorite John. When she was “belting those notes” I wanted to beat her with a belt. She had her mouth so wide open I was praying that a bird would fly by and crap in her mouth. I guess that hate speech though…Right.
And by the way….. You people who say, “well you get up in front of millions of people and sing the national anthem”……This broad don’t seem to have any problem getting in front of millions of people mostly naked and humping what ever she decides to put on stage to hump. I guess this skank just don’t know how to stand there and be respectable.
Report Post »Proud American in Buffalo
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 1:09amChistine has a beautiful voice,but I think she was trying to hard to fill the entire statium with her voice and I think that might have caused her to botck the second verse. It was a disgraceful way to start the ballgame.
At least the Packers won!!!
Report Post »Tucsonan
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 7:36amI’m with BURNTOUT… I think this girl might have partied a little too hard, overly confident went out and spaced out the lyrics. At the very least she should apologize and own up to her FUBAR.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 9:32amBoring… A two-year-old could sing it better than that.
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 11:00amDon’t worry, Tosh will give her a shot at a redemption.
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